Fond Farewell
These days, when you buy a voucher for someone, particularly if it’s purchased online, you get an emailed voucher for you to print out. Giving someone a sheet of paper for a gift is not very inspiring! So, when my friend and colleague, Stu, retired recently, I was asked to create a presentation folder for said sheet of paper. Inspired by the London skyline pop-up card I made my friend a few weeks ago, I decided to try an air traffic pop-up card. I made it airfield themed, even though we are Area Controllers, as an Area Control building is not quite as interesting or recognisable as a control tower! First, for the front of the card, I repeat stamped and heat embossed the bi-plane and clouds from Avery Elle’s ‘Fly By’ stamp set and stacked several die-cut ‘congrats’. I popped one of the bi-planes up on foam tape. To begin the inside, I cut out a control tower, some random airport buildings, a city skyline, some fighter aircraft, smoke trails, an ...